Saswat Panigrahi
A sedate BJP unit in Odisha virtually got a new lease of life after the party’s Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi’s first political outing in the State in the run-up to the upcoming Lok Sabha election.
A sedate BJP unit in Odisha virtually got a new lease of life after the party’s Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi’s first political outing in the State in the run-up to the upcoming Lok Sabha election.
Modi’s Vijay Sankalp Samabesh in Bhubaneswar on Tuesday witnessed a huge turnout. Never before has Odisha seen such a mammoth rally. A two-lakh strong crowd gathered at Baramunda ground in the State capital to listen to their favourite leader. Those who attended the rally were not just BJP karyakatas, a sizable chunk of the participants comprised common people — mostly youth from various parts of the State. The temple city of Bhubaneswar was completely ‘Modified’.
NaMo must have returned happy after receiving such a massive public response in Odisha which he might not have expected. This, despite the State unit having been dormant since 2009.
Ever since the party parted ways with the BJD, no central BJP leader has taken Naveen Patnaik head on like Modi did.
